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Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED sra-TE s JEAN U. KoREnroE NEW YoRK, N. Y., AssIGNoE To 4THE KOBIMVPEXCO.,

* NEW YoRK, N. Y., A conroRA'rIoN or NEW Yoan.

,PATENT OFFICE! Harn-DRYING coMB.

Application led July 16, 1924. Serial No. 726,386.

To @ZZ whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN U. KoRE, a citizen of Rumania, and resident of the city ot' New York, in thecounty of New York and Sta-te of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Drying Combs, of which the following is a speciiication.

` The present invention relates to improvements in combs, and more particularly to combs that are adapted to be heated so as to serve as hair driers and hair curlers.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this type, wherein the heating' element is attached to a handle and provided with a simple means, co-operating with means on the comb element ot the implement, for preventing the said comb element from turning on the handle.

Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character speciiied which is simple in construction, durable, etticient in operation an-d which can be manufactured on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to produce as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature oi' the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrange ment and construction of parts hereinafter` described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and pro` portion of the several parts and details ot' construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accom- N panying drawings, in which :W

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a comb constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the comb element of the implement; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the detail shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, the numeral indi- Cates the comb portion of the implement. This comb portion is formed of a heat-conducting material, such as metal, and comprises the usual teeth 11 and a hollow back 12. The teeth and back are made of one integral piece, the hollow back being formed by bending the material of the body of the comb beyond the teeth into tubular shape, as clearly shown in Figs..1 and 4 of the drawings. One end of the back, denoted by the numeral 13, extends beyond the body portion of the comb and is provided, adjacent the said body portion, with a longitudinal slot 14. Adjacent this slot, the body portion of the comb is notched, as shown at 15, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. Into the hollow back fits a heat-er 16 in the form of a cylindrical rod, which is made of iron, steel or any othersuitable material and is attached to a handle 17 of wood or other non-conductor of heat.. In the inner end of this handle is provided a socket 18, the 'diameter of which is somewhat larger than the outer diameter of the back 12 of the comb. The rod 16 is extended through this socket and is driven into the handle. Over the inner end of the handle is drawn a ferrulc 19, and through this ferrule, the handle and the heating rod extends a pin 20, for properly securing these elements together.

The notch 15 on the body portion of the comb has aconiiguration which corresponds to the curvature of the outer end ofthe errule 19, whereby the lcomb body is adapted to abut against the ferrule, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The purpose of this arrangement is to prevent the hair of the user from being caught between the terrule and the adjacent end of the comb.

The heating rod 16 is of a slightly smaller diameter than the inner 'diameter of the comb back. On the said heating rod is provided within-the socket 18 a projection 21, which is adapted to be seated in the slot 14.

IVhen the comb is to be used either as a ldrier or as a curler, the rod 16 is heated to a degree necessary for the purpose and is then placed into the hollow back 13 ot the comb. The inner end of the hollow back is seated in the socket 18 and the projection 21 in the slot 14, thereby preventing a rotation of the comb in relation to the handle 17. The heat of the rod is trans mitted to the comb, which is thus ready for use as a hair drier or a hair curler.

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